A section of West Beach Road on North Whidbey may undergo a couple of safety-related changes.
Residents of West Beach, mainly those north of Fort Nugent Road, have been lobbying Island County officials for years to lower the speed limit on a stretch of the road. Officials have resisted the effort, until now.
Four people were injured early Monday morning in a roll-over accident at the intersection of Arnold and Monroe Landing roads.
Deputy Lane Campbell with the Island County Sheriff’s Office said 23-year-old Gary Hibbard of Oak Harbor was driving his Honda Accord eastward on Arnold Road at a high rate of speed. He lost control as he drove through the intersection.
A 20-year-old North Whidbey man was killed in a one-car accident on E. Fakkema Road early Saturday morning. It was the first fatal car accident in Island County this year.
Cameron Groberg was about a mile away from his home at about 4 a.m. when his car collided with a phone pole, sheering it in half.
A 22-year-old Oak Harbor man who stomped on another man’s head at the city’s Skate Park is facing a felony charge, according to court documents.
Prosecutors charged Ryan Hickey in Island County Superior Court July 27 with second-degree assault. If convicted of the charge, he could face from three to nine months in jail.
A 33-year-old Oak Harbor woman is accused of stealing more than $3,500 worth of pull tabs while she worked as a bartender at Henderson’s Restaurant two years ago, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged Kathryn Barrett in Island County Superior Court June 29 with first-degree theft. She couldn’t make it to her arraignment scheduled for July 27 because she was in another state.
A 52-year-old South Whidbey man is accused of raping a young woman after she passed out at a birthday party June 27 in Clinton.
Prosecutors charged Keith Pankau in Island County Superior Court July 6 with rape in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty July 20.
Somebody tried to kill Chubby the cat.
Island County Animal Control Officer Carol Barnes is investigating the shooting of the kitty on North Whidbey as a possible felony animal cruelty case.
Whidbey Island residents are accustomed to finding snails and slugs big enough to choke a goose in their backyards. But one Oak Harbor resident recently found something a little different in his grass: a python.
A 23-year-old man originally accused of attempting to rape a woman he purchased in Mexico is not guilty of either an attempted sex crime or buying the young woman from her family, according to both the defense and prosecution.
The state Liquor Control Board issued a 10-day liquor license suspension to the Element nightclub in Oak Harbor for allowing a minor into the cocktail lounge.
The popular club on Bayshore Drive is closed for 10 days, from Aug. 3 to 13.
It may be the dog days of summer, but some canines in Oak Harbor haven’t been taking it easy in the heat.
Oak Harbor Police Chief Rick Wallace said officers dealt with three dog-bite incidents over the weekend. Oak Harbor Animal Control Officer Terry Sampson has the job of investigating the cases this week. He doesn’t blame the weather or the alignment of the planets for the uptick in dog attacks.
The owners of Oak Harbor businesses don’t have to fear a boycott for speaking their minds about a proposed tax increase.
The director of the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce sent out an email to chamber members Wednesday warning that employees of Island Transit and members of the “Save Our System” campaign had threatened to boycott businesses that didn’t support the transit proposal on the ballot.
Three men have been charged in connection with a vicious assault in Coupeville that left a man with a broken nose, four broken teeth and a fractured eye socket, court documents state.
